Sentences with phrase «in electoral history»

Never in electoral history had one party gained 10 points in the polls in one leap.

Consequently, for the first time in our electoral history, political party representatives could monitor the process of printing of carbonized forms that led to higher levels of transparency and the integrity of our electoral process.

The ascension of Donald Trump to the American presidency is clearly a milestone in American electoral history, and perhaps in electoral history period.

Not exact matches

Notley achieved one of the most surprising electoral wins in Canadian history and one of the most profound for the progressive movement, but it came just as oil was reaching terminal price - drop velocity, shoaling the Alberta revenue tanker.

Priebus, then the chairman of the RNC, told had Trump that he could drop out of the race or lose in the biggest electoral landslide in US history, according to a new memoir written by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

Newly floor - crossed Wildrose Alliance MLA Rob Anderson received 62 % of the vote as a PC candidate in 2008, but past elections show a more diverse electoral history in the region.

Find information on Canadian federal electoral history from 2006 - 2008, including 2006 general election results, changes in party leadership, and political party standing prior to 2008 general election.

The chapter also discusses the intellectual history of British electoral law and its application in south Punjab's colonial courts.

«Taking Our Country Back presents the previously untold history of the uptake of new media in Democratic electoral campaigning over the last decade.

I interviewed many participants on [the Progressive Exchange listserv] in the course of researching the book, which tells the history of the uptake of new media in Democratic electoral campaigning over the last decade.

Throughout its long history, Sweden's Social Democratic Party has skillfully reached out to new electoral constituencies, while preserving the support of their core voters — reconciling the demands of anticlerical and religious workers in the 1910s and 1920s, workers and farmers in the 1930s, blue - collar and white - collar employees in the 1950s, and so on.

However, recent electoral history shows that Britain's second largest city is not hostile to the Conservative Party in the same way that some of its northern counterparts are.

In 2004, the Howard Dean campaign made electoral history by harnessing the power of the internet to raise more than any other Democratic contender: more than $ 25m raised, largely in small - money donations averaging $ 80 — a marked contrast to the usual way of doing things, which involves raising titanic sums from rich people whom you then owe a lot of favours to, whether or not you take officIn 2004, the Howard Dean campaign made electoral history by harnessing the power of the internet to raise more than any other Democratic contender: more than $ 25m raised, largely in small - money donations averaging $ 80 — a marked contrast to the usual way of doing things, which involves raising titanic sums from rich people whom you then owe a lot of favours to, whether or not you take officin small - money donations averaging $ 80 — a marked contrast to the usual way of doing things, which involves raising titanic sums from rich people whom you then owe a lot of favours to, whether or not you take office.

In doing so, it tells the history of new media and Democratic campaigning over much of the last decade, documenting key moments of electoral innovation, charting the dissemination and evolution of tools and techniques as they moved across politics, and chronicling the organizations that shape the ways in which candidates use new mediIn doing so, it tells the history of new media and Democratic campaigning over much of the last decade, documenting key moments of electoral innovation, charting the dissemination and evolution of tools and techniques as they moved across politics, and chronicling the organizations that shape the ways in which candidates use new mediin which candidates use new media.

The most right - wing Labour government in history destroyed an electoral coalition that had seen Labour win 13.5 million votes in 1997 but lose five million votes whilst in power — overwhelmingly under Tony Blair's leadership.

By most accounts, the task will not be easy, even for the highly popular Democratic governor, whose wide margin of electoral victory and long history in Albany has given him unusual influence within the slow - moving culture of the capital.

That said, if the Tories manage to get an actual majority, go about their own electoral «reform» and keep themselves in power for a while without going anywhere near PR, I suspect Nick Clegg will go down as the worst player of a good electoral hand in history.

They expressed surprise at the behaviour of the 72 - year - old politician, who is making history as the oldest presidential candidate in Ghana's electoral records.

With two MPs already in the Scottish Parliament Brighton Pavilion is not the only Westminster seat the Green's are contesting - but it is the one where they are bidding to create electoral history.

«This is a pivotal moment in electoral politics and Green Party history in South Minneapolis,» states Hakeem.

It was the biggest donation in Conservative Party history and believed to be the second biggest individual donation in New York electoral history.

«These, among others, account for the incremental improvements in our electoral process culminating in the seamless and unprecedented transfer of power from one political party to another in the nation's political history.

Gildernew's claim to the seat rested on a majority of four votes in 2010 — one of the lowest winning margins in post-war UK electoral history.

At 0.01 %, this is the fourth - lowest majority in all of post-war UK electoral history — and quite a change from the previous election in 2005 when this was the UK's 158th most marginal seat.

This history of strong electoral competition has resulted in active local parties with relatively high memberships.

«There's essentially no living memory of elections, there's no electoral machinery, there's no electoral commission, no history of political parties, no independent civil society, independent media are only beginning to emerge in the east in recent times,» Mr Martin added.

«Under the leadership of Mr Uche Secondus, the PDP has thrown impunity, imposition and interference in electoral process, into the dustbin of history.

They noted that «never in the history of Local Government Elections in Enugu has there been a commission that leaves its door open to the political parties», adding that the electoral body was «accessible to the political parties and much more they were receptive to superior arguments».

Based on analysis of these districts» electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

The secret donation — a much larger sum than the DUP has ever spent on an electoral campaign in its history — attracted particular interest because almost none of the cash was spent in Northern Ireland.

For many Conservatives, the book will make painful reading, reminding them of what happened since their party abruptly ceased to be the most effective electoral machine in the history of democracy on Black Wednesday in 1992.

The question now is if the sustained electoral success we enjoyed over 13 years will go down as an aberration, an exceptional period in our history, or the opening chapter of a series of New Labour governments dedicated to economic competence and social justice, to the right balance between markets and the state, both reformed in the public interest.

The # 435,000 donation — a much larger sum than the DUP has ever spent on an electoral campaign in its history — attracted particular controversy because almost none of the cash was spent in Northern Ireland.

Bearing in mind Ghana's history of political stability and peaceful elections, the Secretary - General underscored the need for all political parties to sign a Code of Conduct, which will greatly assist in lowering tensions and preventing electoral violence.

An electoral history lecturer at the University of Ghana, Alex Kaakyire Frempong has stated that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win this year's presidential election if it secures wins in the four swing regions of the country.

[9] However, there have been several referendums in New Zealand's history, most recently to decide the nature of electoral reform in New Zealand.

Just by entering a postcode or location, the Dashboard will instantly tell voters which of the Devolved Assembly, Mayoral, Police and Crime Commissioner, Local or Parliamentary by - elections they have in their area, who is running, how the electoral system works, and a history of past results and local info.

If a candidate or party is slightly ahead in a bare majority of electoral divisions but a long way behind in others, they can win even if a competitor gets more votes overall — as happened most notoriously in recent history in the US presidential election of 2000, when George W. Bush narrowly defeated Al Gore.

Further examination of Canadian history also demonstrates that the role of Parliament in electoral reform has hardly been static.

I am deeply disturbed that a breach of this extent, the largest in Ontario history, involving millions of individuals, could happen at Elections Ontario — the agency charged with protecting the integrity of our electoral process...